FWIW You can set a "Home" charging location and set it to charge at 12 Amp whenever it's at home, but it resets back to 8 amps every 90 days unless you set it back to 12 amps (but it warns you when it's time to reset the limit)
My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key July 30, 2021 4:51 PM, "Mike Beem via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > The Bolt, like the Spark EV before it, always resets to 8 amps for charging > whenever you turn the car on or put it in gear. You have to manually reset > it to the 12 amp setting every time you charge. The EVSE which comes with > the Bolt will operate on 120 or 240 volts, but there are no changeable > settings on it. > Hope that helps... > Michael B > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 4:14 PM Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What is the 120v EVSE like that comes with the Bolt? >> Does it allow 16 amp operation on a 20 amp outlet? >> Is that setting made in the EVSE or in the car. >> >> It would seem to me to be an EVSE function because the >> EVSE does not know what it is plugged into and you wouldnt >> want an EV to ask for 16 amps when the EVSE is plugged into >> only a 15 amp circuit. >> >> BOb >> >> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 4:02 PM Jay Summet via EV <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> My guess is that it would work fine at 120 volt charging (but your >> charging speed may be slow, as alot of the power would be going to >> condition the battery.) >> >> Generally, the only thing in the car that sees the 120v is the battery >> charger (taking the 120 volts up to the 3-4 hundred volts the battery >> uses. >> >> Everything else in the car runs off of either the HV battery system, or >> the 12v accessory system (which is powered by a DC2DC converter from the >> HV battery system. >> >> So as far as the car is concerned, the voltage of the input charging >> system does not matter. >> >> The only issue I see is that at 120 volts, you can only get 1-1.5 kW >> into the vehicle, and if the battery heater takes 1.8 kW, continuously >> it may not be able to keep the battery heated without discharging the >> battery. >> >> For this reason there may be a software lock that prevents cabin heating >> or battery heating when plugged into 120 volts....but I kind of doubt it. >> >> Jay >> >> On 7/30/21 3:26 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: >>> Thanks! >>> My biggest concern is whether battery management works on 120v >> charging. >>> My son who is looking at an EV in Alaska will be in rentals with only >>> access to 120v and without owning the outlet might not be able to >>> switch to 240v. >>> >>> So, does BMS work on 120v? What about "remote start" (compartment >> conditioning? >>> >>> Bob >>> On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 3:19 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you leave it plugged in, I suspect it would do ok, maybe 20% range >> reduction? >>>> >>>> From what I've read, if the car is plugged in and the battery >> temperature drops below 37, or climbs above 95, the battery thermal >> management system will turn on. >>>> >>>> So, as long as it isn't so cold that the 1.8kw heater can't keep up, >> the battery temp should stay around 37 degrees. >>>> >>>> I know that here in AZ, if I leave my Chevys plugged in, I will >> occasionally here the cooling systems run to keep the batteries cool. I >> haven't noticed them doing this when not plugged in. Then again, where I >> live it only occasionaly get's above 95. >>>> >>>> >>>> My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key >>>> >>>> July 29, 2021 11:26 PM, "Robert Bruninga via EV" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is buying a BOLT in Alaska a good idea? In Anchorage for example. >>>>> >>>>> Anchorage is the biggest city in Alaska, there is little else to do >> within >>>>> the 250 mile radius of the Bolt, and adventures can come in the >> summer >>>>> spring and fall.. Just stay home iin the winter! >>>>> >>>>> At least an electric is not somenint that has to "start" in -40F, it >> just >>>>> runs >>>>> THoughts? >>>>> Bob >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Address messages to [email protected] >>>>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >>>>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>>>> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >>>>> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Address messages to [email protected] >>>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >>>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>>> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >>>> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Address messages to [email protected] >>> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >>> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to [email protected] >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to [email protected] >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210730/b8560aad/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
